Nisky, Wiseman take seconds at NE Division meet for men

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. --- Dylan Nisky had the best run of his young collegiate career in taking second place in the 800-meter run and Trent Wiseman was runner-up in the pole vault as the Colby College men's outdoor track and field team placed eighth out of 31 scoring teams at the New England Division III Championships on Saturday at MIT.

Nisky had a time of 1:55.02 in a field of 17 runners. There were eight runners with a time of 1:55.87 or better. Bowdoin College junior Colin Fong won the race in 1:54.86.

Wiseman had a jump of 15-5 in taking second place in the pole vault. He nearly won the event after clearing the height on his first leap. MIT's Cyrus Vafadari missed his first two attempts at 15-5, but cleared the bar on his final try. While Wiseman missed all three attempts at 15-11, Vafadari nailed his first attempt to win the competition.

Colby sprinter Dom Kone broke his own school record with a 10.77 clocking in a preliminary race in the 100 dash. In the finals, a time malfunction forced officials to place the runners. Kone finished in third place in the final.

In other events, David Lowe took seventh place in the 400 hurdles with a 55.17 clocking.

Luke Doherty Munro, Alex Peters, Nisky, and Matt White took fifth place in the 3,200 relay with a time of 7:52.54.

The Mules had 28 points to place eighth.

                  Men - Team Rankings - 22 Events Scored

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  1) Williams                 151      2) MIT                     147

    3) Bates                     73      4) Bowdoin                    47.50

  5) Tufts                     46.50   6) Springfield              45

    7) Coast Guard               36      8) Colby                    28

    9) Middlebury                26     10) RIC                      25

   10) Conn College              25     12) WPI                      23.50

13) Worcester State           20     14) Brandeis                 16

   15) Keene State               15     16) Fitchburg St.            14

   16) Wheaton (Mass.)           14     16) UMass Dartmouth          14

   16) Eastern Conn. St.         14     20) Amherst                  13

   21) Westfield State           12     22) Trinity                  10

   23) Bridgewater St.            8     24) Wesleyan                  7.50

25) Gordon                     5     25) Mass. Maritime            5

   25) Emmanuel                   5     25) Colby-Sawyer              5

   29) Roger Williams             3     29) UMass Boston              3

   31) Southern Maine             1